Espinella

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An espinella is an octosylabic, ten line stanza with a rhyme scheme of abba:accddc. It is of Spanish origin, supposedly invented by Vicente Espinel (1550-1624), although found as early as 1510.

[edit] Also Known As

décima
décima espinella

[edit] Examples

"Juyzio hallado y trobado"
"La vida es sueño"

[edit] References

Clark, Dorothy Clotelle. "espinela." The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press,1993.
Cuddon, J. A. A Dictionary of Literary Terms New York: Penguin, 1979.